..., savings from operating and inventory expense reductions should be seen as part of the overall TOC philosophy. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Continuous improvement Management philosophy Organizational performance Management accounting Inventory control Production control...

...Hans van der Bij; Jeroen H.W. van Ekert Describes a qualitative study on interaction between systems for production control and quality control within industrial organisations. Production control and quality control interact in a sense. Good performance for one aspect often influences or frustrates...

...Alan Fowler Argues that in increasingly turbulent and complex environments, the tools of “systems thinking” may provide a valuable resource in the drive to attain integration between strategic and operational objectives. Particular examples in the domain of production control and supply‐chain...

... section. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Decision making Performance measurement Production control Production scheduling Shopfloor Production scheduling, which is a part of the planning and control of individual production units, lies at the very heart of the performance...

.... The method will have advantageous effects on the size of buffers and the length of the production lead times, while still providing protection of the throughput rate. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Production control Storage Throughput time Quality is recognized as the key to the ongoing...

... in multiple-cell manufacturing systems , Production and Operations Management, Vol. 1 No. 1, 1992, pp. 34-52. 3. Zipkin, P., A kanban-like production control system: analysis of simple models , Research Working Paper No. 89-1, Graduate School of Business, Colombia University, New York, NY, 1989. IJOPM 15,9...

... a laminar flow hood so as to avoid any risk of contamination. They are then sealed and the SBD is marked on each cup with an inking roller. Food industry Manufacturing Production control Scheduling The increase in the variety of processed dairy products has resulted in equipment becoming far...

... in an ETO environment. The key success in the operation of the system will depend on the co‐operation of production planning in MTS and ATO environments, co‐operation of production control in an MTO environment,and co‐operation in engineering‐design and production control in an ETO environment. © MCB UP...

... flexibility was assumed in constraints (4), (5) and (6). Equation (1) Equation (2) Equation (3) Equation (4) Equation (5) Equation (6) © MCB UP Limited 1995 Heuristics Just‐in‐time Modelling Production control Production management Production planning...

...Jan C. Fransoo; Werner G.M.M. Rutten Discusses the variety of production control situations within process industries. Following a literature review, a typology is introduced which discriminates between two extreme types of process industries:batch/mix and process/flow businesses. Reviews...

... of an existing one. However, such a strategy, which was represented in this research by the ALPP procedure, does not lead to good performance. Therefore, in such cases, an LRA-based procedure which performs well and can be easily incorporated into a practical production control system, seems to be suitable...

... makers facing the complex task of implementing pull production processes. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Inventory control Just‐in‐time Manufacturing industry Methodology Process control Production control IJOPM 13,6 4 Received February 1991 Revised October 1991 Planning for Continual...

... a radical simplification of the multi‐product environment which will be of interest to a broad cross‐section of professionals ranging from theorists to practising financial and production managers. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Cost allocation Manufacturing Product mix Production control Cost control...

...‐best way” approach to shopfloor measurement systems. Discards this in favour of an alternative approach outlined. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Japan Manufacturing Performance measurement Systems design United Kingdom Improvement Competitive advantage Production control Organizational...

... the general results of the business. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Demand management Process manufacturing Production control Research Cycle time Demand Management and Production Control in Process Industries Jan C. Fransoo Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Demand Management 187...

... history of the data series. Concludes with a discussion of an “ideal”forecasting system and how far removed many popular programs used in production and inventory control are from this ideal. Computer software Forecasting Inventory control MRP Production control Stock control © MCB UP Limited...

... with change). The major conclusion is that pull‐based systems have flexibility characteristics which are characterized by relatively clearly thought‐out discontinuities in their range response curves. Production planning Production control Systems integration Flexible manufacturing systems IJOPM 12,4...

...Yasuhiro Hirakawa; Kyoji Hoshino; Hiroshi Katayama Recently, it has been recognized that production control systems for multi‐stage manufacturing processes can be classified into push‐type and pull‐type systems. The push‐type systems are commonly defined as those types of materials requirements...

... of jobs rather than just considering the shopfloor throughput time. Decision‐support systems Marketing Production control Manufacturing lead times IJOPM 11,6 A Decision Support System for Job Release in Make-to-order Companies 6 Received August 1990 Accepted January 1991 Linda Hendry and Brian...

... for different performance criteria of optimisation. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Production management Flexible manufacturing systems Real time Control systems Production control IJOPM 10,9 On the Simulation Run Length: A Step towards Real Time Control in an FMS 74 Amit Garg Received September 1989...